Note: Beginning in January 2000, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend giving the vaccine by injection only to eliminate the risk of paralytic polio, which, in rare cases, has been associated with the oral vaccine when given at 2 and 4 months.

MEASLES, MUMPS, RUBELLA (MMR)

SIDE EFFECTS

In 10 percent of children, a low- grade fever and a rash within 10 days.